2007 April Woman: Thabiso Sikwane
It’s hard to figure out how Thabiso Sikwane gets everything done, and still manage to be a devoted wife and a loving mom. Her latest challenge shows that this career woman is prepared to follow her dreams and at the same time, is hungry for adventure. The host of SAfm’s Afternoon Talk is planning to […]
The Language of Destiny
“We defend ourselves with descriptions, and tame the world by generalising," wrote the prolific novelist, Dame Iris Murdoch. It’s so true, isn’t it? Most of us learned when we were quite little that some words would get us into trouble, and some would get us out of it.
Women’s Chess Gets A Boost
Some of South Africa’s top female chess players will be in action later this month when the Gauteng Junior Chess Association hosts the South African Ladies Open Chess Tournament at the Cresta Shopping Centre from 26 – 29 April.
Khetsiwe’s Splash of Maturity
Khetsiwe has been making quite a splash in the media recently, including a quarter-page interview by The Star journalist Linda Mbongwa and photographer Bongiwe Mchunu in the Joburg-based daily newspaper’s sports pages. And not without reason: ‘Kay’ (as she’s known to her friends) is currently one of South Africa’s top-ranked divers, and her coach Dominique […]
Elana Meyer, Queen of the Road
Elana Meyer is one of South Africa’s top women athletes, having set 23 South African records, and her domination of the domestic road running scene is without peer, having lost only five times to another South African on the road. With a focus on Distance Running and the gsport April theme of Responsibility, we were […]
5 minutes with Farwa Mentoor
For five consecutive years, Farwa Mentoor has been South African’s top female finisher in the Comrades Marathon, usually dominated by the Russians. Last year, 15 minutes from the Comrades finish line, Farwa’s body gave in, and her legs just refused to go on, but in true Comrades spirit, she willed herself on and crawled on […]
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It’s hard to figure out how Thabiso Sikwane gets everything done, and still manage to be a devoted wife and a loving mom. Her latest challenge shows that this career woman is prepared to follow her dreams and at the same time, is hungry for adventure. The host of SAfm’s Afternoon Talk is planning to […]